Living life two weeks at a time!

About Fortnight Living

Welcome to Fortnight Living – a blog where I can share things about my life and get back into writing. In particular, I will be writing about several of my passions: Home decorating, cooking, fashion, shopping, and life!

About Me: I’m Rebecca Cousineau; a woman who lives a double life. Since May 2012, I have worked as a geological engineer at a remote gold mine for two weeks at a time. After my two weeks of work are done I then I return home to Toronto for two weeks of time off (hence why this blog is called Fortnight Living). I married my university sweetheart Eric in January 2015 and we (and our Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Newton) live in a house we purchased in Toronto in October 2013. As you can imagine, two weeks off every month leaves me with a lot of free time on my hands – so I generally use it to work on decorating the house, cooking and baking, shopping, and long walks with Newton. Back in school I used to write for the engineering newspaper (Eric and I even wrote a beer column together), so it is high time that I get back to writing again!

Eric, Newton and I during our engagement session back in 2014

About the House: Eric and I had a long adventure buying our house in October 2013 (after a long house hunt we ended up in a bidding war and had to beat out 9 other offers to nab our fixer upper). We are slowly starting to win the battle in turning our home into the updated vintage charmer it has always wanted to be. Cool features of our home include: Crystal doorknobs, a fully functioning brewery in the basement, a very old kitchen with white laminate counters with gold stars, and a door painted to look like the Jamaican flag (we DID NOT do that, I swear I will paint it soon). There is still a lot of work to be done and I have made it my mission to make this house a cozy, bright and welcoming home!